The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-12-12
DEMOCRATIC FORGERS
INDICTED AT COLUMBUS
some Leading Citizons OF Ohio Among tho
Numbor-Tho Authorities Mean Bust.
moss, and will Push tho Prosecu.
tion-A First Glass Sensation.

COLUMBUS, Dec. 1l.-Thero 10 consider
able excitement and speculation among
citizens generally, over the report Of the
rpeclal grand jury finding Indictment
against eight personal charged with commit
ting tho forgeriea and altering tho tally
sheets Of precinct A, Thirteenth ward, al
the fall elections in 1885. This Is the
fourth grand jury which had considered
the forgeries, and tho second time indlct.
menta had been returned. Billu were 70.
turned by tho second grand jury which
looked into the case, but before they camo
to trial they were thrown out Of court on
a technicality and reached the Supreme
court, where the decialon was Of such a
character as to make new indictments
necessary in order to proceed with the
prosecution. a
The previous indictmsnts were returned
on the theory that tho crime was commit.
ted at the Ohio Penitentiary, and the prin.
cipal testimony then was that OF convic,s
B. II. Marriott and Otto Ham, who were
prison officials at the time, were indicted,
but arc not included in the present list.
These gentlemen claimed there was a con.
splracy on tho part Of Governor Foraker,
his private secretary and othsrs to
SWEAR THEN INTO PRisoN,
and now claim If the pOnitontiary theory
is abandoned they will have the Governor
and others arrested. When the epecisl
jury reported the Court gave instructions
that the names be held secret until the
indicted parties had been arrested. OH.
GERS were ordered to proceed with the
arrests at once.
Tho 6rst 10 give bond wes Algernon
Granville, of Chicago, who was the prin-
cipal witness before tho grand Jury, and
it ia said turned States evidence. The
bond calls for hia presence Monday to
plead to the indictment. Granville is an
expert Btenographer, and was indicted by
the grand jury before. The local parties
indicted are Eobert Montgomery, who
was Prosecuting Attorney and candi-
date for reelection when the forgeries
were committed; Dr.. @. r. Montgomery,
physician OF tho penitentiary at the time;
Fred Steube, watchman at the court house
from where the returns were stolen, all Of
whom were indicted by the former grand
jury: Three Of the indicted men reoide
ut Cincinnati, being Allen o. Myers, late
managing editor of tho Cincinnati
Enquirer; Thomas J.. Cosan, attorney md
e1.lnemter ofthe Legislature, aud Charles
J. Blackburn, formerly Secretary Of the
Board Of Public Works, Of Cincinnati, and
sn expert penman.
A DARK HORSE
Thn1e is great curiosity here to learn
the name Of the eighth man indicted, and
much guessing is being indulged. Rumor
Snuects the name Of several prominent
mon with the vacancy in the list. The
moDt reliable information from inner cir
cles places the extra man at Columbus.
who appeared before the grand jury as
3 witness and sustairs about the same re-
lation to the crime ns Granville.
The story of the work which has been
done by the Citizens Committee in ferret
ing out the crime and securing testimony
isinteresting in detail. The investigations
have been prosecuted ut Columbus, Chi
csgo and Cincinnati. It ia stated that
Myels is il Now York, having gone there
the first OF the week on business. There
WAS quita number of parties here from
Cincinnati who were charged by local pa
pers with having designs on the grand
iury.